As much as I love my N900, I've yet to find a proctor who would let me use my phone during an exam.

Well... I did get to use it on a test in Physics in high school, but only because my TI-84's batteries were dead and I had to use a TI-84 Emulator on it... And the teacher sat behind me the whole time...

Point is you're better off using the calculator and keeping a spare set of batteries around.

They are not totally different at all.
Windows 8 is a super set of windows RT.
Windows 8 is windows RT + desktop mode.
Anything you buy for WinRT will also just work on Win8.

However, that's not correct.

Windows RT runs on ARM processors, and as a result all binary files (programs) have to be compiled to run on ARM.However, Windows 8 runs on what is called x86 processors, and it's binary files have to be compiled to run on x86.

And that's just the most basic difference, that completely ignores any other software differences.

Not yet released, but you might want to keep on top of what Jolla is doing. They're a group of ex-Nokia employees that were laid off when Nokia went full-on Windows phone that were responsible for the linux-based Nseries N900 and N9.

They're set to release information on their first phone in November, it'll be a linux phone like the Nseries phones, and while it's not likely to have the massive app market for native apps, it should do all the things you say you're looking for.

They're also saying it'll run android applications, but that's just icing on the cake for you.

I'll admit to being biased as a N900 owner, but perhaps you'll be interested to see what they offer? At the very least to compare to the windows 8 phones out there as well.

Knowing you're and AC and not entirely likely to see this response, I want to thank you for headed me down a better path and making me finally properly research fixed point maths. I'm no rockstar, but it's times like these where I get to find something I knew little of and expand my knowledge that make it worth it.
Thank you.

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timothyon Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:28PM
from the waiting-on-the-verticals dept.

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